Collard Greens Food

COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add 1 diced onion and cook until soft, 5 minutes. Add 1 pound chopped collard greens, a handful at a time, adding more as it cooks down. Add 1 cup chicken broth and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer until tender, about 45 minutes.
• Serves: 4; Calories: 75; Total Fat: 3 grams; Saturated Fat: 0.5 grams; Protein: 4 grams; Total carbohydrates: 10 grams; Sugar: 2 grams; Fiber: 4.5 grams; Cholesterol: 0 milligrams; Sodium: 162 milligrams

COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Wash collard greens to remove all grit. Remove and discard hard stems. Place greens in bunches, then roll up; cut crosswise into strips.
• Cook and stir bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 1 Tbsp. drippings from skillet.
• Add onions, peppers and garlic to drippings in skillet; cook 2 to 3 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Stir in broth and vinegar. Add collard greens; mix lightly. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally; simmer on medium-low heat 45 min. to 1 hour or until collard greens are tender. Remove from heat. Stir in bacon.

COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Clean collards.wash well and remove big vein in middle. Chop coarsely.(i ususally roll the leaves up together and just cut on the long side). Put in a large pot(it will be quite full but they will cook down quickly).
• Place collards on stove add 2 cups broth and begin to cook.
• Begin to fry bacon in large frying pan.when bacon is crispy remove from pan and set aside and add onion to the bacon fat and cook until its getting tender.
• Once onion is cooked pour onion and bacon fat over collards and stir well. Crumble bacon into bite sized pieces and add to collards.
• Add all seasonings and stir again.
• At this point place lid on pot and allow collards to begin to cook down. Watch and make sure you continue to check that they have enough chicken broth. You will have to add some periodically so they have enough broth to cook inches You dont want them floating in the broth so just add a little at a time.
• After the collards begin to boil you can turn them back to medium-low heat and let them simmer -- stir and add broth as needed. You will eventually use most of the broth.
• Cook for about 2 hours until the collards are good and tender.You can taste the broth thru-out the cooking and adjust seasonings to your own taste.

AWESOME COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Wash greens in a colander.
• Chop into bite-sized pieces.
• Throw all ingredients into a large pot and cover.
• Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, the reduce heat and simmer.
• Greens are done when they have shrunk down and are cooked through, usually about a half hour, but you can let it simmer much longer.
• Serve with its liquid.